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Tigray state, Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in December 2025

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UCDP recorded 1 event of organized violence in Tigray state, Ethiopia in December 2025. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 2. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no events in November 2025.

UCDP recorded no events in December 2024. Among the 15 months with a report for Tigray state, Ethiopia, December 2025 has the 9th highest count of events. Tigray state, Ethiopia holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Ethiopia in December 2025. In December 2024, the share was 0 percent.

The report of the country for this month: Ethiopia, December 2025.

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An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

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Events

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Table 1. Tigray state, December 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
13 Dec 2025Northwestern zone, Tigray stateGovernment of Ethiopia; TPLFState-based222

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Tigray state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Ethiopia12
TPLF12

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Tigray state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202643P204PCandidate Events
August 202612P50PCandidate Events
June 20266P9PCandidate Events
April 20262P4PCandidate Events
March 20262P5PCandidate Events
February 20264P0PCandidate Events
January 202627P21PCandidate Events
December 202512GED
October 202511GED
September 202521GED
August 202510GED
March 202516GED
January 202510GED
October 202411GED
August 202412GED

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ConflictStats. Tigray state, Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in December 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/ethiopia/tigray-state/month/2025-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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